MMRA/README.md

Make Medium Readable Again
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I've gotten a little tired of showing up to a Medium-powered site on a non-medium.com domain and getting badgered to **Sign Up!** or **Get Updates!** when I'm already a Medium user. It's also annoying to have a vertically-small reading viewport because the top and bottom nav bars don't auto-hide. I know -- _Who owns a 12.1" laptop anymore?_, right? Well... today I decided I couldn't abide that anymore, and made a Chrome extension to neutralize these user hostilities.

This is that Chrome extension. [Install it here](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kljjfejkagofbgklifblndjelgabcmig).

### Improves readability by

* Keeping the top navigation bar from sticking around
* Hiding the bottom "Get Updates" bar completely
* Shrinking massive header images
* (Optionally) hiding the clap / share bar
* (Optionally) loading all post images up front, instead of lazy loading as you scroll

### Preview

_Unreadable Medium_
<kbd>![Medium: unreadable](before.png)</kbd>

_Medium Made Readable Again_
<kbd>![Medium Made Readable Again](after.png)</kbd>

### Contributing

Want to improve something? Your insight is welcome here! Send a pull request!

### License

MIT

### Credits

I'm Matt Baer, and I'm tired of annoying, user-hostile software. So I built a publishing space called [Write.as](https://write.as) that doesn't beg you to sign up, [lets you read](https://read.write.as), and leaves out the comments, claps, and [dickbars](https://daringfireball.net/2017/06/medium_dickbars). It's great if you just want to be left alone to get your thoughts out. And if you get lonely, you can always publish straight to Medium.
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			`I've gotten a little tired of showing up to a Medium-powered site on a non-medium.com domain and getting badgered to Sign Up! or Get Updates! when I'm already a Medium user. It's also annoying to have a vertically-small reading viewport because the top and bottom nav bars don't auto-hide. I know -- _Who owns a 12.1" laptop anymore?_, right? Well... today I decided I couldn't abide that anymore, and made a Chrome extension to neutralize these user hostilities.`

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			`* Keeping the top navigation bar from sticking around`
			`* Hiding the bottom "Get Updates" bar completely`
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			`_Medium Made Readable Again_`
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			`Want to improve something? Your insight is welcome here! Send a pull request!`

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			`MIT`

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			`I'm Matt Baer, and I'm tired of annoying, user-hostile software. So I built a publishing space called [Write.as](https://write.as) that doesn't beg you to sign up, [lets you read](https://read.write.as), and leaves out the comments, claps, and [dickbars](https://daringfireball.net/2017/06/medium_dickbars). It's great if you just want to be left alone to get your thoughts out. And if you get lonely, you can always publish straight to Medium.`